[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 12 November 18 issued 2330 UT on 12 Nov 2018 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Tue Nov 13 10:30:20 EST 2018


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/12 NOVEMBER 2018 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 12 NOVEMBER AND FORECAST FOR 13 NOVEMBER - 15 NOVEMBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 12 Nov:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 12 Nov:  68/2


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             13 Nov             14 Nov             15 Nov
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    68/2               68/2               68/2

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low over the last 24 hours. 
There is currently one region on the visible solar disc, region 
2726 (N08E02) which continues to show signs of decay. No earth 
directed CMEs were observed in the available LASCO imagery. The 
solar wind speed remained elevated due to the effects of a coronal 
hole high speed solar wind stream, ranging between 540-650 km/s 
and is currently ~590 km/s at the time of this report. This high 
speed solar wind stream influence is expected to wane over the 
next 24 hours and solar wind parameters should return to ambient 
levels within the next 2 days. The north south component of the 
IMF (Bz) varied between +/-5 nT with no sustained southward excursions. 
Solar activity is expected to be Very Low for the next three 
days.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 12 Nov: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 12 Nov : A   K           
   Australian Region       8   23322112
      Townsville           6   23222111
      Alice Springs        6   13212112
      Launceston           9   23322222
      Hobart               7   13322112    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 12 Nov :
      Mawson              24   34423255
      Davis               21   33533244

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 12 Nov : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin              27   (Quiet to unsettled)
      Canberra            28   (Quiet to unsettled)
      Melbourne           NA

Pc3 pulsations are high frequency (10-45 second period) variations 
of the Earths magnetic field. Daily pc3-indices are the daily sum 
of 20 minute pc3-indices for that station and have been shown to be
well correlated with rejection of high resolution aeromagnetic
survey flight-line data. 

NOTE: Indices may have been generated from data obtained in 
cooperation with the following organisations: Geoscience Australia, 
University of Newcastle Space Physics Group, Australian Government 
Antarctic Division and International Center for Space Weather 
Science and Education, Japan.


Estimated AFr/Ap Indices 12 Nov : A 
           Fredericksburg         8
           Planetary             10                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 11 Nov :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              6   2221 1122     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
13 Nov     6    Quiet
14 Nov     5    Quiet
15 Nov     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Quiet to Unsettled conditions observed over the last 
24 hours. Mostly Quiet conditions are expected for the next 3 
days.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
12 Nov      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair    

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
13 Nov      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
14 Nov      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
15 Nov      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair

COMMENT: MUFs were mostly near predicted values for the Northern 
Hemisphere with isolated pockets of depressions at lower latitudes. 
The Southern Hemisphere varied from near predicted MUF values 
to moderate depressions at low to mid latitudes, particularly 
during local day hours. Southern polar latitudes were mostly 
depressed with isolated periods of degraded HF communication 
over the last 24 hours. Expect similar conditions to prevail 
for the next 2-3 days.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
12 Nov   -22

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      No data available.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 20% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Depressed by 35% during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Mostly near predicted monthly values.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Depressed by 20% over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Oct      -17
Nov      -7
Dec      -7

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
13 Nov   -25    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 5 to 
                20%
14 Nov   -25    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 5 to 
                20%
15 Nov   -25    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 5 to 
                20%

COMMENT: SWS HF Communications Warning 14 was issued on 10 November 
and is current for 11-13 Nov. MUFs near predicted monthly values 
for Equatorial regions and mild to moderately depressed MUFs 
for Southern AUS/NZ regions and Northern AUS regions. Depressed 
MUFs for Antarctic regions. Expect similar reduced ionospheric 
support for Northern AUS to Antarctic regions over the next three 
days.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 11 Nov
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   6.8E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.7E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.20E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 6%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A1.0

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 11 Nov
Speed: 570 km/sec  Density:    5.8 p/cc  Temp:   233000 K  Bz:   1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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